75 most popular locations in India got included in Google’s indoor maps directory yesterday. This includes popular shopping malls from 22 varied cities, museums, national gallery of modern art in New Delhi and Salar Jung in Hyderabad, etc.
Chennaites can find their favorite malls: Ampa Sky Walk, Bergamo, Forum Vijaya Mall, Ramee mall and Spectrum in Google maps, either in android phones or PCs. It has the detailed floor map plans and in selective malls, they’ve also availed walk-through navigation facility using which the user can find out their position inside the ball by tracking the blue dot. It is also helpful in locating the stores within the mall.
Director and product manager, India Google Maps, Suren Ruhela said those who want their shops get displayed in Google Indoor Maps database can get it done for free by logging into
http://maps.google.com/floorplans. “This will be an immersive experience for the users,” he added.